The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lieutenant Raymond F. Myers, United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while escorting our bombers during a strike against Japanese shipping near Buraku Island during World War II. Lieutenant Myers flew through intense afire and strafed five hostile warships. In a subsequent raid on two cruisers and four destroyers near Rendova Island, he deliberately attracted enemy fire, enabling our bombers to carry out an effective close-range attack.